Hard Chip Game

Solo indie game dev based in Montréal. Interested in discussing game development? Send me a DM, and let's grab a coffee!

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

Hard Chip is a 3D simulation/puzzle game about building processors focusing on realism. Delve into the intricacies of CPU logic, floor planning, and propagation delay! #cpudesign #indiedev #indiegame #steam #gamedev #IndieGameDev #videogames
Wishlist here! https://t.co/7ep0ZKFXsX

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

Chip of the week: The Satisfying 2Bit Tri State Buffer,

Oddly satisfying symmetry👀

#engineering #cpudesign #GameDev #IndieGame

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

Chip of the week: The Venerable Full Nibble Adder #engineering #cpudesign #GameDev #IndieGame

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

Trying to make some players' stats!

*disclaimer, work in progress! Data are subject to change cause there are mistakes here and there, but the end-to-end stack is there!

#indiegame #steam #gamedev #ShowMeSunday

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

Chip of the week: The Nice-shaped Full Bit Adder!

That looks like we could do a nice array of those! #engineering #cpudesign #GameDev #IndieGame

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

Always wondered how some people managed to get so few transistors on their designs? Here's a new guide from one of the top HC players describing a detailed, systematic approach! A must-read for all people in search of advanced optimizations.

https://t.co/Ed4NCoc7SX

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

Chip of the week 512 Bytes Memory Bank!

A very large structure (compared to the rest of the game) of latches with synchronous read and write flags, made by one of the best HC players as a showcase!

#engineering #cpudesign #GameDev #IndieGame

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

OCGv1 done! hallojasper led for 3 weeks. simon1283491 still has Week 4 and then wins. Congrats!
🥇simon1283491 - 34 pts
🥈hallojasper - 30 pts
🥉Gavaldor - 24.5 pts
Participants gets Celadon🎨. First gets Garnet 🎨
Results + blueprints: https://t.co/5OhSnvE01R #cpu #engineering

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

@blind_via @rhenescu Yes, same principles indeed!

There's a demo on Steam if you want to give it a try

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

@blind_via @rhenescu People are right! This is a very time-consuming process to do by hand. Nowadays, you use libraries of standard cells with placement tools instead!

HC can't produce real-world chip data; it would take a converter of some sort to create something usable! HC is a learning game!

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

OCG1 Final Week! The 4-bit AndOrXorNot shift a bit the challenge to a more structural one, but there might still be place for logic optimisation, by the look of the leaderboard!
Here’s a quick start for week4: https://t.co/bwTLq3yx7W

#engineering #puzzle #tournament

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

@rhenescu @blind_via Game or tool, sometimes I wonder also! Thanks for the shoutout🙏!

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

Huge congrats to the winners of OCGv1 week 3!
🥇hallojasper - 99.7pts
🥈simon1283491 - 98.1pts
🥉miklesh - 94.4pts
With hallojasper as the absolute metric leader🦾!
Thanks to all participants!🙏
#engineering #cpudesign #indiegame

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

OCG1-Week's leaderboard is seeing some reshuffling! AndOrXorNot Multigate gives some trouble!

Up for a (bigger) challenge? Rank #1 now before the week ends!

As usual, here’s a quick start for week 3 https://t.co/LQ53gI0bie #engineering #puzzle #tournament

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

Huge congrats to the winners of OCGv1 week 2!

🥇hallojasper - 98.8pts
🥈Gavaldor - 97.9pts
🥉simon1283491 - 97.1pts

Special mention to miklesh for the volume record! Rest goes to now-hard-to-beat hallojasper🦾!

Thanks to all participants!🙏
#engineering #cpudesign #indiegame

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

Adding a heatmap to see the render cost of each pixel is cool and very handy!

I should get rid of those red-hot spots 🤔. I already have an idea for reducing the ray-travel cost in empty spaces.

What optimization trick comes to your mind?#raymarching #indiegame #indie #render

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

Week 2 of OCG1, is surprisingly dynamic! Leaderboard is clearly showing some pattern!

The top player is a precise one! Up for a (big) challenge? Rank #1 now before the week ends!

#engineering #puzzle

Want a quick'n'dirty solution? Here’s a quick start
https://t.co/SR5by7SxsX

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

@zzznah Hey thanks for the shoutout!🙏

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

Huge congrats to the winners of OCGv1 first week!
🥇hallojasper 94.7pts
🥈simon1283491 92.9pts
🥉Gavaldor 61.9pts
Really interesting small stage with lots of solutions for this gauntlet. Thanks to all participants!

#engineering #cpudesign #Competition

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

🕛1h30 left for OCGv1, week1!🕒

Lots of sport and reshuffling in the leaderboard this week already!

Will you be the one who storms in a steal the first place at the last second?! Don't wait, everything is in your HC game, then Gauntlet! #competition #engineering #puzzle

[Hard Chip Game @hardchipgame]

Open Community Gauntlet v1, Week 1, is well underway! ⚙️

Players are already optimizing their designs, squeezing every transistor! 11 transistors for the win?

Want a quick'n'dirty solution? Here’s a quick start👇
https://t.co/oTsnNy3fVK
#GameDev #IndieGame #Engineering